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God's Crooked Lines (Spanish: Los renglones torcidos de Dios)[1] is a 2022 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by Oriol Paulo which stars Bárbara Lennie. It is an adaptation of the 1979 novel of the same name by Torcuato Luca de Tena.

God's Crooked Lines
Spanish	Los renglones torcidos de Dios
Directed by	Oriol Paulo
Screenplay by	Oriol Paulo Guillem Clua Lara Sendim
Based on	Los renglones torcidos de Dios by Torcuato Luca de Tena
Starring	Bárbara Lennie Eduard Fernández Loreto Mauleón Javier Beltrán Pablo Derqui Fede Aguado Adelfa Calvo
Cinematography	Bernat Bosch
Music by	Fernando Velázquez
Production companies	Nostromo Pictures Atresmedia Cine Filmayer
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures España
Release dates	24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) (Zinemaldia) 6 October 2022 (2022-10-06) (Spain)
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

Plot

The fiction follows a woman (Alice Gould) who is interned in a psychiatric hospital, whereas she believes to be a privately-hired investigator doing some digging about a murder case.[2]

Cast

Production

An adaptation of the 1979 bestseller by Torcuato Luca de Tena [es],[n. 1] Los renglones torcidos de Dios was written by the director Oriol Paulo alongside Guillem Clua [es] and Lara Sendim.[7][3][6] Bernat Bosch took over cinematography duties whereas Fernando Velázquez worked as composer.[2] The film was produced by Nostromo Pictures, Atresmedia Cine and Filmayer.[3]

Filming started in May 2021,[8] and wrapped 9 weeks later.[2]

Shooting took place in several locations of the provinces of Tarragona and Barcelona,[3] including Terrassa,[9] Barcelona, and Tarragona. The old Tabacalera building [ca] in Tarragona and a former Mercedes car plant in Barcelona were used to portray the psychiatric hospital.[10][11]

Release

The film was presented in the Perlak section of the 70th San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2022.[12][13] Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures España, it was set for a 7 October 2022 theatrical release.[3][8][14] It was later moved one day earlier up to 6 October 2022.[15]

Reception

Rubén Romero Santos of Cinemanía rated the film 3½ out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a thrilling and elegant" exercise of narrative shell gaming.[16] Beatriz Martínez of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film 4 out of 5 stars, considering that "the intrigue finds a perfect balance between stylization and magnetism", also praising the "titanic" adaptation work, "in which not only the language is cleaned and distilled", "but also the stale substratum from the novel".[17] Raquel Hernández Luján of HobbyConsolas rated the film with 50 out of 100 points ("so-so"), considering that it fails at respecting the heart of the novel (the dignification of the mentally ill and the value put on the work of the staff), praising the art direction and costume design while negatively assessing the direction of actors and the overextended footage achieved by a number of consecutive closures.[18] Juan Pando of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, considering that it is "is the kind of film that attracts viewers to the theaters and does not disappoint them", while noting that its footage could have been trimmed and its outcome simplified.[19]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2022

References

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